Design Journeys through Complex Systems: Practice Tools for Systemic Design

by Peter V. Jones, Kristel Van Ael

Design Journeys through Complex Systems is a practitioner’shandbook for both experienced designers and interested scholars tolearn leading thinking practices of systemic design.With the growing demand for creative approaches to address critical systemicchallenges in the 21st century, the book enables readers to facilitateprogressive solutions by providing a comprehensive perspective and a rangeof practical tools to engage mutual learning and masterful design thinking.Intersecting systemics and design, the book develops a visually compellingrelationship between these disciplines, bringing out the best in each tradition.Building upon the authors’ revolutionary Systemic Design Toolkit, this bookleverages service design and systems thinking to help the user apply thepower of visual sensemaking. By combining theoretical discussion of thefield’s most important literary texts and a straightforward sequence ofapplication, Design Journeys through Complex Systems allows users of alllevels to harness the power of design thinking.Despite lacking relevant practice, academic experience, or training, themodern age calls for business leaders, designers, and social innovators toaddress complex transformational challenges. Design Journeys acts as apathway that guides them through this process, radically improving how you,your team, and those around you can visualize problems. The designsystems within these pages allow the user to deconstruct, reorientate, andreassess complicated problems they face. Visualizing these challenges leadsto the democratization of engagement within a team, boosting cooperationand increasing productivity.Design Journeys through Complex Systems is more than just a structuredsequence of methods, providing a new grammar for constructive narrative ofsystemic design. This book will guide change-makers on their journey tobecoming a thought leader, with systemic design lighting the way.

Genres: Design

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 4, 2022

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Peter Jones (sometimes credited as Peter V. Jones) is a former lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, a writer and journalist. Jones has regularly written on Classics for major newspapers, and was awarded the MBE in 1983. He is a Cambridge graduate.

Jones' popular work has been focused on introducing new generations to Ancient Rome and Greece, from newspaper columns to crossword collections, popular non-fiction, and charitable organisations devoted to helping keep Classics subjects in schools.

Reviews

[Natalija · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a comprehensive roadmap to design 4.0 and feels like reading a masterclass complete with workshop models.

The ambition and execution are perfectly rendered in a visually appealing format. The pluriversality and space for recognising the mystery of human experience resonated.

It’s a manual for changing the world that I’ll be taking everywhere with me.

[Seb Swann]

Read this if you want systemic design tools and frameworks to engage stakeholders in collaborative design on complex systems.